75-20-405. Action to recover damages to water supply. An owner of an interest in real property who obtains all or part of the owner's supply of water for domestic, agricultural, industrial, or other legitimate use from a surface or underground source may sue a person to recover damages for contamination, diminution, or interruption of the water supply proximately resulting from the operation of a facility. The remedies enumerated in this section do not exclude the use of any other remedy that may be available under the laws of the state.
History: En. Sec. 19, Ch. 327, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 494, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 70-819(3); amd. Sec. 2508, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 75. Environmental Protection
Chapter 20. Major Facility Siting
Part 4. Postcertification and Legal Responsibilities
75-20-403. Revocation or suspension of certificate
75-20-404. Enforcement of chapter by residents
75-20-405. Action to recover damages to water supply
75-20-406. Judicial review of decisions
75-20-407. Jurisdiction of courts restricted
75-20-408. Penalties for violation of chapter -- civil actions to enforce
75-20-409. Optional annual installments for location of facility on landowner's property
75-20-410. Order not stayed by appeal -- stay or suspension by court -- limitations